Politics● Elevated58m ago · Nov 9, 2026, 2:00 PM
The closure of 'Novaya Gazeta,' the end of a beacon for the 'other Russia'
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en] · Eastern Europe
The newspaper founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov ceases to exist on Monday, November 9. Under Kremlin pressure, its journalists had managed to keep the paper afloat since the outset of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
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